Beit Alfa Monastery

Beit Alfa Monastery was a Catholic church built by the Kingdom of Jerusalem in 1192 in present-day Beit Alfa, Israel. It was burnt down by the Ayyubid Caliphate that same year during the Siege of Beit Alfa.

History
In 1192, the Britons settled the town of Beit Alfa, and they built a monastery with it. The monastery recruited Christian monks to help in the healing of their soldiers who were wounded, as well as to be a symbol of their strong beliefs in Christianity. The monastery was on the outskirts of the actual town, leaving it vulnerable to foreign attacks.

During the Siege of Beit Alfa by the Ayyubid Caliphate in 1192, the Saracens attacked the church with their Elite Mamelukes, crossbowmen, and champions, and the church was razed to the ground after catching fire.